Soft fold-collar.



J. MCKAY. SOFT FOLD COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6.1915.

Patented Oct. 3,-1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

WILLIAM. L. HALL, JO SEPH McKAY, AND

Patented 0a. 3, 1916.

Application filed January 6; 1915. Serial no. 71s.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josnrrr -MCKAY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soft Fold-Collars, of which the following is a Specification.

The invention relates to such improvements and consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. similar parts in-the several figures therein. Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view of a soft fold-collar embodying my invention, the collar being laid out fiat and portions of the band-plies broken away for convenience of illustration. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same taken on the" broken line 22 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-section of the same taken on the broken line 33 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4; is a horizontal cross-section of the same taken on the broken line 44 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of one of the band-stiffening strips adapted for use as illustrated in Fig. 4.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a soft'fold-collar with a readily laundrable band having permanently contained stiffening or supporting devices for holding the band upright in use.

Other objects of the invention will appear in connection with the following description.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the top and 2 is the band of a soft fold-collar of or dinary design. The band, 2, ismade up of a plurality of plies, three plies being shown in the sectional views. At more or less frequent intervals the band is provided with stifi'eners or supporters permanently secured between the plies. These stifleners or supporters are in the form of long narrow strips which stand upright in the band as worn; and in one form of my invention, such a stiifener-strip, 3, is located between the plies of the band, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and is wholly surrounded by stitching whereby the plies are secured toas shown in Fig. 1, the stiff- Similar characters refer to ener is wholly surrounded by the seam, 4,

whereby the top is secured in the upper edge of the band, the seam, 5, whereby the lower edges of the band-plies are securedtogether, and two vertical lines of stitching, 66,

extending along the opposite sides of the stiffener. I have also shown another form of stiffener-strip, 7 similarly inclosed between the band-plies, and which may also be surrounded by stitching, 4, 5, and 6, as above described. This latter form of stiffener is inclosed in a binding, 8, which extends beyond the edge of the strip on one side, the edges of the binding being secured together by stitching, 9. With this form of bound stiffener-strip, I prefer to connect the strip directly to the band-plies by means of stitching, 10, inserted through the several band-plies, and the edges of the bindingstrip, 8, as shown at the broken-away portion of the band adjacent to the broken line, 4-4 in Fig. 1.

The stiifener-strips, 3, and the core, 7 of the bound stiffener-strip may, for certain purposes of the invention, be made of any stiff resilient material such as featherbone or equivalent material having stiifness and resiliency, adapted to be readily penetrated by the sewing-inachine-needle, and notinjuriously afiected by moisture and theordinary heat to which-collars are subjected in the laundrying operation. I prefer to make these stiifeners of featherbone, which I have found highly desirable for the purpose,because of the lightness of the material, and the fact that it can be readily punctured by the sewing-machine-needle', so that should the operator in inserting the stitching, whereby the stiifeners are secured in position, fail to avoid the body of the stiffener, and should insert more or less of the stitches through the same, it will cause no harm either to the needle or to the stifiener. The collar having such stifl'eners in its band is laundried with no more difficulty than a collar having an ordinary band. The stifieners of featherbone readily withstand the heat and moisture of the laundrying operation; and when. the collar is ironed and dried, they serve elfectively to hold the band in upright position in use, yielding readily to the movements of the wearer, yet being so resilient as to at once. return to upright position when relieved of strain.

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WIietI'cIaiin 'Is n w and desire to secure by Letters Patent isv lwA soft fold-collar having a top, and a band composed 'ofzijij plurality of plies and independent stiffening strips of featherbone permanently secured between the plies of the band by stitehing.- i

2. Asoit foldcollar having a top, and a band coi'npos'ed'of a plurality of plies, and having inserted between the plies of the band strip of featherbone inclosed in a cloth-binding with the edges of the bindingv extending" beyond one side of the strip of featherbone, the edges of the binding and the band-plies being secured together by 15 stitchingfinserted therethrough. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 19 day of December, 1914. JOSEPH MoKAY. Witnesses:

Rose A. LnpUo, A. R. GETMAN. 

